Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman star in director Baz Luhrmann's epic Western romance, "Australia," slated for release on Nov. 26.
(Reuters/Fox Studios/Handout)
Back to the good old ways
The new season of films takes its cues from past glories
Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman star in director Baz Luhrmann's epic Western romance, "Australia," slated for release on Nov. 26.
(Reuters/Fox Studios/Handout)
If this summer showed us a grim future (thank you, WALL-E and Batman), fall wants to bring us a happy past. The ultra-serious or super-dark dramas that regularly populate fall lineups have been replaced with lots of starry Hollywood entertainments that either are set in the past or feel like throwbacks. If levity doesn't completely abound, it's certainly easier than ... (Full article: 6393 words)
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